Fun Ways to Announce Your Pregnancy
So I asked you all if you had announced your pregnancies in fun and unique ways and it turns out, you did. Ya'll are crafty and smart and that's why I love ya.
Here are just a few cool ways to tell your husband, family and friends that you're expecting from your suggestions from Facebook, Twitter and Email but feel free to add more in the comments:
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"We found out Christmas Eve. We told my family we had a group present for them and when they opened it there was a 0000 white terry baby jumpsuit inside :) they guessed pretty quickly what we were trying to tell them!"
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"We had no idea we were expecting our second child until I was getting prepped for an operation to receive laser treatment to remove cancer cells in my cervix. The nurse said I had to take a test just incase I could pregnant. When it came back as positive I bought a badge that said 'best big brother ever' from the hospital cafeteria and pinned it on our sons shirt. We drove to my husbands work and our son proudly showed his dad. My husband had to take a double look! Was the best way I could surprise him"
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"My daughter bought a cookie cake with a stork on it that said "we are expecting" and revealed it while we were out eating for my son in laws birthday. We thought all along before we saw it that it was gonna be a birthday cookie. They got us good!!"
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"I sent a balloon bouquet to DH at work and the card read, 'We're going to need a bigger car'"
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"I made little cards with my 10 week ultra sound on the front and a personalized note "from the baby" inside then presented each one individually."
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"We told everyone that, due to dedication to our family, we were promoting our daughter to BIG SISTER."
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"I found out the day after Christmas, so the tree was still up. I told DH that I "forgot" to give him a gift and left it under the tree and he could unwrap it when he got home from work. I wrapped up the positive pregnancy test, left it under the tree and went upstairs to shower. He was so excited to get another gift that he came home early. All I heard was him running up the stairs screaming when he got home!"
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"A friend tried to tell me in a roundabout way that she was pregnant - and then went home in tears because I had just smiled and nodded, having no idea what she was talking about. So when it was my turn I messaged friends with the subject line (and announced on Twitter), "I'M PREGNANT, BITCHES." Sometimes being direct is best."
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"We invited both of our mothers over for dinner and I had a cake made at the local store. It was meant to be a baby shower cake but I had them put "Congratulations Grandma's" on it.It had a really cute little stork figurine on it that we saved as a momento. When I brought the cake out there were a few seconds of silence then the room erupted w/ congratulations and mild screaming. It was so much fun!!"
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"I had a friend special order fortune cookies to say "A baby in your future," invite everyone over for chinese and said everyone MUST read their fortunes at the same time..."
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"It was christmas and my parents live interstate. they knew we'd been battling infertility for 2 years already so when I called christmas morning I said "Merry christmas Nana" to my mum when she answered. I heard a shriek and a lot of commotion, then she started crying. According to dad she had dropped the phone and jumped around the living room screaming. Not at all like my mother."
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"My mother figured it out long before I was ready to tell, all because I turned down a glass of champagne. The best reveal was for my grandparents. To put this in context, you have to understand that my grandfather has been wanting to be a great-grandfather since I was 15 years old. It was driving him nuts that we had been married for three years and no baby. So at a big fancy dinner for their 60th wedding anniversary, in front of about 100 friends and family, I told him I had been working on their gift but it wasn't complete, but I brought a picture of it. I whipped out the framed ultrasound photo and it sounded like a bomb went off with all the squealing. Of course, my grandfather had to have it explained to him, having no idea what it was a picture of."
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"My favorite I've ever heard was some friends who found out a couple weeks before us that they're pregnant had a big family dinner, and my girlfriend said she wanted to take a picture of the whole family, so her husband got up & put the camera on record instead of to snap a picture, her husband said "what do we say Megan??" and she says "We're pregnant!!" as everyone is smiling & ready for the picture- everyone turned to her in shock & surprise and starting hugging her, and they got it all on camera."
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"facebook status update: OVbunEN"
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"When I found out the sex of our baby (which wasn't planned since my husband had to miss the apt, stupid doc lol) I bought a little blue onesie that said 'if you think I'm handsome, you should see my daddy' and I folded it up and put it I'm my husbands dresser, so the next morning when he was getting ready for work he found it and was totally shocked. :). His face was priceless."
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"Invite them over -- tell them to open your oven and in it you will find a bun."
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"I posted picture of a bun in a oven on my Facebook page!"
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"I told my hubby with a card. I wrote on outside:
Blank card: $2
Fine point marker: $1
Home pregnancy test: $12
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On the inside I taped the positive hpt and wrote:
The look on your face when you realize you're going to be a dad...priceless"
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Editor's Note: I hope you're happy that many of you made me cry. Oh, and do you like my graphics? It's nice to see my Grandparents hard earned money for college is being put to good use. Feel free to steal them.
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For my in-laws, we got them a picture frame that was engraved "Grandparents make life grand". On the paper inside the frame, I wrote my due date. They opened it last Christmas and they loved it!!
Since we just announced a month ago on Facebook, I posted a picture of beyonce rubbing her pregnant belly and said that I didn't think the world was ready for my jelly :)
We took a group (family) photo - "Say cheese!" (look at picture, shake head and say we need to do it again) "Say, Juliet is pregnant!" (snap picture, enjoy screaming and jubilation)
For Facebook, I made a photo collage video with the initial ultrasound pics and some of our pics from the rest of the time we were together with the announcement and due date at the end.
My mom always makes quilts for all of the grandkids when they are born. The last one she made she said that she had forgotten the cotten batting for the middle. My DH and I went to the store and bought some batting and wrapped it up and took it over to her house. It took a little bit after she opened it to get what I was telling her but then she was excited.
When I'm ready to announce to the larger world I plan to post a picture of a jar of Prego as my fb status.
I took the home pregnancy test the Friday before Valentine's Day. When my husband got home from work, I told him that I had an early Valentine's present for him and at first he refused to take the box from me because he felt guilty about not having gotten my V-Day gift yet. I told him "trust me, you already gave me a fantastic Valentine's present. Open the box." So he did, and he found something wrapped in red tissue paper with "I'm positive I <3 you" written on it. Then he unwrapped the tissue paper and discovered two positive pee-sticks! The smile on his face wrapped around his head three times!
We waited til my mom's birthday to break the news to her. She's an avid reader and lives in another state, so we sent her a book called "The Grandma Diaries: An Insider's Guide for New Grandmothers". The book was supposed to be delivered on her birthday, but it arrived a few days early, so I got a voice mail from her saying "Um, I got a book in the mail, and I'm not sure if it's from you, and I'm hoping it is, and if it is ohmygodohmygodOHMYGOD!" I called her back and said "Happy birthday, Grandma!"
Reading these really makes me wish I'd been more creative than sending my husband a text message. I suppose its ok, because he didn't believe me anyway until I had it confirmed by a doctor.
We just told FB world two days ago. I posted a youtube video of Paul Anka singing "Having my Baby" on my husband's FB wall with me tagged in it. Unfortunately, people think it's a joke and I'm not sure everyone gets it.
For my dad's birthday I got him a shirt that said "never fear, grandpa's here" and had him wear it to his birthday party. It took my family ages to actually look at the shirt and realize what it meant!
I was a little nervous to tell my boss because I had only been working here about 6 months when I became pregnant. I am an avid crocheter and I am constantly at work making baby blankets for friends in my downtime.
I was at my desk working on a new blanket and he walked by and said "another friend pregnant?" and I smiled and said "nope, this ones for me."
He's been very supportive and has already told me that I can bring the baby to work with me since it's just the two of us in the office so I don't have to worry about finding a daycare! =)
I am a hopeless romantic so I leave little love notes and "I Love You" cards all over the place on a daily basis. So, I took a picture of the pregnancy test (cause the real stick would have been nasty....I peed on it) and put it in a card and left it on his dashboard of the truck so when he got in it on his way home from work he opened it and found the picture. He was shocked!
This isn't about announcing the pregnancy, but rather the sex of the baby:
A couple I know wanted to share the moment of discovery with their friends and family, so when they went to their appointment they asked the ultrasound tech NOT to tell them. A friend went with them and found out the gender separately. The friend (and others, I assume) put together a party based around the color for either boy or girl. When the couple arrived, they were blindfolded and led into the house. When they took their blindfolds off, they saw all the blue balloons and It's a Boy! decorations and started hugging and crying. It was really sweet!
They videotaped and livestreamed the big reveal so that their friends and family members living out of state could share the excitement, too, which I thought was pretty cool.
I took a test on Father's day, and so I gave my husband his first father's day card with the test in it!! We were jumping around screaming in the kitchen like fools for an hour! :)
I made my facebook status 'BEWARE MY SPAWN!'
I like to keep it klassy.
These posts made me cry too! Here's how I did it - FB status update "+". Short and sweet.
We found out on my mom's birthday last year, so we took a picture of me with the test stick saying "Pregnant" and put it in a card. Funny thing was, after reading it, she played it super cool so that it would be a surprise for the rest of the family as they passed it around the table!
My mother-in-law had just got a new car, so we stopped by her house to check it out. Once she had shown it off, we told her we had bought her something for the new car. When my husband pulled a "baby on board" sign out of the bag, she started screaming "really?!?!", crying and hugging us. It was a really sweet moment.
To tell my in-laws we took a picture of the pregnancy test and sent it to them in the middle of a bunch of other pictures of their sons birthday dinner. We put a note on it, "When it rains it pours!" (They had just found out their daughter was also pregnant). We sent them the pictures and they called when they got them. My father in law got it right away, but my mother in law wasn't sure what it meant. We told her and she started screaming.
To tell the rest of our family, it was my husbands birthday and they were having a big party. I made him a plaque that said, "Behind every good kid is a GREAT dad!" He hadn't seen it and when he opened it he loved it. He showed it to the family and most of them read it and were like, "AWWW. That is nice." After a few seconds they were like, "DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL US???" It was priceless.
We bought a card that said congratulations to the parents to be and wrote Grand on top of parents. When we got to his parents house I gave them the card and just said it was a little something cause we love them. : ) as soon as his mom opened it she started screaming it was awesome!!!
We found out the day before my birthday that I was pregnant. My husband had already planned a big get together with friends and family to celebrate...in reality it was perfect timing because no one was suspicious of the reason for the celebration...so we completely caught everyone off-guard. I made a shirt that said "28 and Pregnant" and wrapped it as a gift from my husband. After dinner, everyone sat around eating cake while I opened my cards and gifts. I opened the box and held up the shirt for everyone to read...as my best friend snapped pictures of everyone's reaction. Those pictures are priceless...especially the ones of my grandparents crying...and my MIL literally hitting my hubby in the arm in every shot.
We found out a few hours before going out to dinner with my husband's parents to celebrate my birthday. When we reached the restaurant, we ordered drinks. My parents-in-law did a quick toast to my birthday with drinks they'd already started, and then once we received our drinks I insisted on making a toast too. They were slightly taken aback, and I think they were just humouring me before we started dinner. My husband and I raised our glasses and offered a toast "To the new grandparents!". It took a second, then tears appeared in both their eyes and they couldn't stop smiling all evening!
I found out just before Thanksgiving. Although we told the grandparents before Christmas, we made them promise not to spill the beans for the rest of the family until Christmas day. I went to the local T-shirt shop and had shirts in different colors screen printed with white letters saying "Grandpa", "Grandma", "Yiayia" and "Papou". I made them open them on Christmas and wear them to the different family gatherings. It was great. Some siblings & cousins caught on right away. One uncle stood there and talked to his brother for 30 minutes before he actually read the shirt. Now they proudly wear the shirts when we come to visit at least once or twice and still pose for pictures.
My mom had just started cutting coupon's. So when my husband and I found out that I was pregnant I wanted to find a fun way to tell her. I decided to cut out different coupon's and place them in a lil sandwich bag. I designed my very own baby coupon! It said Coupon in bold letters and at the top,on the right it said 'due on or before xxx-xx' then at the middle of the coupon I put 'reedembable for one baby(1)' and below that I said, 'No refunds, or exchanges' then put some small lines at the bottom where you would normally scan the coupon. The face she made was priceless, and she said that was the coupon she had recieved! ;)
I can't take 100% credit for this idea as I Googled "creative ways to announce you're pregnant to family" before making an announcement and ran across this idea. I found out on a Wednesday or so and sat on the info a couple days before announcing it to my family. Luckily, my Mom, Step-Dad, Aunt and Uncle and 2 friends of the family were all meeting for dinner on the following Friday at Applebee's. So I decided that's where we'd break the news. Someone online suggested making shirts that say "I Am" for the mother-to-be and "I Am Not" for the father-to-be to wear. So I made our shirts with a white cotton Tee and a Sharpie and off we went. We wore normal everyday T-Shirts on top. Once there, we waited a few minutes and looked at each other and said "It sure is hot in here" "Yeah, it's hot". We both stood up and took off our top layer at the same time to reveal our homemade shirts. By this time, we looked so scripted we had the whole restaurants attention. Mom looked at me and said "ARE YOU SERIOUS? IS THIS A JOKE?" Meanwhile, my aunt says "I am? I am not? What?" as my Mom rushes over to me to hug me with tears streaming down her face. The rest of the restaurant says "Awwweeee". I was so happy to do something special like that for my Mom but do regret not getting it on film. I had intended on filming it but was so excited, nervous, etc it didn't get filmed.
I know this is a little late, but I loved all those stories so much, and I love how we announced ours, so I wanted to share. My dad lives in another state, and I tried to subtly tell him by asking him if he had vacation time from work to come visit in about 8 months... he totally did not get it... I had to keep saying, not quite 9 months, but maybe 8 months... lol he finally got it and was so excited. I've been married for 6 years, and in his middle eastern accent he said: "FINALLY! we've been waiting so long!" My mom got it a little quicker, and she was very excited too!
We made this youtube video for facebook and other family, everyone loved it!
http://youtu.be/zPT99gySxJc